MediaPortal

 

Editorial review

Free open source media center software, ideal for turning your PC into a very advanced multi media center, or Home Theater PC (HTPC). Using MediaPortal, you can listen to your favorite music and radio; watch your videos and DVDs; or view, schedule and record live TV, much like a digital video recorder such as TiVo, but better. And that's only the basic features. MediaPortal is a full-blown media center software that addresses the most common user requirements out of the box. Besides its TV and Radio services it is also offering a complete media management for movies, series and music, including posters, album and fan art as well as additional metadata (e.g. actor, director and much more) that are automatically downloaded from the internet. MediaPortal also provides access to online video sources such as Amazon Prime. Integrated news, weather information and management for your digital images complete this software package. The modern client/server architecture in combination with the central database greatly simplifies the use and management of the system. New clients can easily be added to the environment and connected to the MediaPortal 2 Server for immediate use.